NOTES TO THE GROUP ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS l NOTE 28

28. Business combinations                
28.1 Acquisition of subsidiary     Blue Label
Engage
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
  Panacea
Mobile
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
  TicketPros
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
 
        Facilitator
of loyalty
programmes
  SMS
aggregator
  Ticketing
solution
 
  Date acquired
% acquired
    1 September
2012
50.1
  1 September
2012
51
  5 April
2013
60
 
  At 31 May 2013                
  Assets     6 727   21 634   9 748  
  Liabilities     8 922   15 158   4 641  
  Revenue since acquisition     7 443   25 456   2 858  
  Profit/(loss) after tax since acquisition     (2 180)   4 476   187  
  Had the acquisitions of subsidiaries taken place at the beginning of the financial year they would have contributed R51.1 million to revenue and R4.1 million to net profit after tax. The actual contribution to revenue and net profit after tax for the year was R35.8 million and R2.5 million, respectively.

The fair value of the net assets approximated the assets acquired on acquisition date.

                       
        Blue Label
Engage
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
  Panacea
Mobile
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
  TicketPros
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
  Total
R’000
 
  Cash and cash equivalents     14   2 963   14 153   17 130  
  Property, plant and equipment     13   113   452   578  
  Intangible assets*       5 263   5 368   10 631  
  Inventories         994   994  
  Receivables     110   2 145   1 210   3 465  
  Current tax liabilities       (1 015)   (422)   (1 437)  
  Borrowings     (114)       (114)  
  Deferred tax*       (1 474)   (1 260)   (2 734)  
  Payables     (39)   (2 206)   (12 336)   (14 581)  
  Fair value of subsidiaries acquired     (16)   5 789   8 159   13 932  
  Non-controlling interests     8   (2 837)   (3 263)   (6 092)  
  Fair value of net assets acquired     (8)   2 952   4 896   7 840  
  Goodwill     2 743   6 882   5 104   14 729  
  Total purchase consideration     2 735   9 834   10 000   22 569  
  Deferred purchase consideration     (335)   (2 334)     (2 669)  
  Settled in cash     2 400   7 500   10 000   19 900  
  Less cash and cash equivalents in subsidiary     (14)   (2 963)   (14 153)   (17 130)  
  Cash flow on acquisition     2 386   4 537   (4 153)   2 770  
 
* Included in additions in note 5 is R5.3 million of software and R4.5 million of customer relationships which relate to the purchase price allocations performed for Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited and TicketPros Proprietary Limited respectively in terms of IFRS 3(R): Business Combinations. Deferred tax to the value of R1.5 million and R1.3 million respectively was raised on recognition of this intangible asset.

TicketPros Proprietary Limited was acquired with the objective of acquiring a platform in order for Blue Label Telecoms Group companies to expand their product offering to existing TicketPros customers.

In most business acquisitions, there is a part of the cost that is not capable of being attributed in accounting terms to identifiable assets and liabilities acquired and is therefore recognised as goodwill. In the case of the acquisition of TicketPros Proprietary Limited, this goodwill is underpinned by a number of elements, which individually cannot be quantified. Most significant among these is management’s experience and the relationships held by management.

Blue Label Engage Proprietary Limited was purchased with the objective of entering into the loyalty and customer engagement markets which meets the Group’s objective of providing a holistic customer engagement strategy for potential customers and expands the Group’s revenue streams.

In most business acquisitions, there is a part of the cost that is not capable of being attributed in accounting terms to identifiable assets and liabilities acquired and is therefore recognised as goodwill. In the case of the acquisition of Blue Label Engage Proprietary Limited, this goodwill is underpinned by a number of elements, which individually cannot be quantified. Most significant among these is management’s experience and the relationships held by management.

The contingent consideration arrangement requires BLT to pay in cash the former owners of Blue Label Engage Proprietary Limited an additional amount arrived at by multiplying the amount by which the headline earnings of Blue Label Engage Proprietary Limited in its 2013 financial year exceeds R600 000 by four, capped at a maximum of an additional R2.6 million.

The potential undiscounted amount of all future payments that the Group could be required to make under this arrangement is between zero and R2.6 million.

The fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement R0.3 million was estimated by applying the income approach. The fair value estimates are based on a discount rate of 18.46% and assumed probability-adjusted profit in Blue Label Engage Proprietary Limited of R0.4 million.

Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited was purchased with the objective of utilising their software system to grow and expand the Group’s operations and revenues within the messaging market in South Africa and Africa. A large portion of the purchase price in this transaction was allocated to the internally generated software system which had not been capitalised separately within the company.

In most business acquisitions, there is a part of the cost that is not capable of being attributed in accounting terms to identifiable assets and liabilities acquired and is therefore recognised as goodwill. In the case of the acquisition of Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited, this goodwill is underpinned by a number of elements, which individually cannot be quantified. Most significant among these is the synergy with other Blue Label Telecoms Group companies.

The contingent consideration arrangement requires BLT to pay in cash the former owners of Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited an additional amount of up to R1.5 million (pro-rated) if the profit after tax for Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited’s 2013 financial year is no less than R4.2 million. An additional amount of up to R1.5 million (payable over 10 equal periods, capped at R150 000 per period), based on the achievement of certain criteria in respect of a customer contract being achieved by Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited is also payable.

The potential undiscounted amount of all future payments that the Group could be required to make under this arrangement is between R1.5 million and R3 million.

The fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement of R2.3 million was estimated by applying the income approach. The fair value estimates are based on a discount rate of 18.46% and assumed probability-adjusted profit in Panacea Mobile Proprietary Limited of R4.2 million and R5.7 million respectively.

         
      Multiserv
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
 
Date acquired
% acquired
    Franchisor
of retail
outlets
January
2012
100
 
At 31 May 2012        
Assets     7 697  
Liabilities     7 725  
Revenue since acquisition     3 467  
Profit after tax since acquisition     774  

Had this acquisition of subsidiary taken place at the beginning of the financial year they would have contributed R9 million to revenue and R0.3 million to net profit after tax. The actual contribution to revenue and net profit after tax for the year was R3.5 million and R0.8 million.

The fair value of the net assets approximated the assets acquired on 1 January 2012.

         
      Multiserv
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
 
Cash and cash equivalents     897  
Property, plant and equipment     370  
Intangible assets*     5 481  
Loan receivable     2 091  
Inventories     1 552  
Receivables     1 212  
Current tax assets     143  
Borrowings     (5 210)  
Deferred tax*     (1 512)  
Bank overdraft     (158)  
Payables     (1 780)  
Fair value of net assets acquired     3 086  
Goodwill     5 847  
Total purchase consideration     8 933  
Loans acquired     5 068  
Less cash and cash equivalents in subsidiary     (739)  
Cash flow on acquisition     13 262  
 
* Included in additions in note 5 is R5.4 million of franchise fees which relates to the purchase price allocation performed in terms of IFRS 3(R): Business Combinations. Deferred tax to the value of R1.5 million was raised on recognition of this intangible asset.

Multiserv Proprietary Limited was purchased with the objective of utilising their 165 stores located nationally as a platform for the Group’s strategy of marketing its products and services on a retail basis. In most business acquisitions, there is a part of the cost that is not capable of being attributed in accounting terms to identifiable assets and liabilities acquired and is therefore recognised as goodwill. In the case of the acquisition of Multiserv Proprietary Limited, this goodwill is underpinned by a number of elements, which individually cannot be quantified. Most significant amongst these is their 165 pre-existing stores located nationally.

28.2 Acquisition of non-controlling interest’s shareholding     Africa
Prepaid
Services
Nigeria
Limited
R’000
  The
Post Paid
Company
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
 
  Initial acquisition % acquired     51   75  
  Further acqusiiton            
  Date acquired
% acquired
    28 January
2013
24.0
1
  1 October
2012
25
 
  At 31 May 2013            
  Assets     21   33 676  
  Liabilities     41 858   33 566  
  Revenue       10 508  
  (Loss)/profit after tax since further acquisition     (12 317)   650  
  The fair value of the net assets approximated the assets acquired on acquisition date.
        Africa
Prepaid
Services
Nigeria
Limited
R’000
  The
Post Paid
Company
Proprietary
Limited
R’000
  Total
R’000
 
  Non-controlling interests     (7 158)   (395)   (7 553)  
  Fair value of net assets acquired     (7 158)   (395)   (7 553)  
  Amounts transferred to transaction with non-controlling interest reserve     21 158   395   21 553  
  Total purchase consideration     14 000   *   14 000  
  Settled in cash     14 000   *   14 000  
  Cash flow on acquisition     14 000   *   14 000  
  * Less than R1 000.

On 28 January 2013 Blue Label Telecoms Limited acquired 24.01% of the issued share capital of Africa Prepaid Services Nigeria Limited from Citadella Holdings Corp for a purchase consideration of R14 million.


NOTES TO THE GROUP ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS l NOTE 28